Aztec and Maya Calendar
In the tonalpohualli, the sacred Aztec calendar, Thursday April 26, 2035 is:
Xihuitl:
solar year
10 - Acatl (reed)
Long Count:
Mayan calendar
13.1.2.12.1
Xiuhpohualli:
365-day calendar
8 - Xocolhuetzi (XI)
(Correlation: Alfonso Caso [adjust])
The significance of this day
Aztec facts
The Aztecs did not use a leap year correction but they knew the length of a solar year is neither 365 nor 365.25 days. Presumably they kept some count of days to register astronomical events but no evidence of an Aztec Long Count exists.
1-Cipactli is the first day of new tonalpohualli, or 260-day religious calendar. It is an excellent day for beginnings or celebrations like a singing feast (cuicuicaliztli). Today is even more special, since it is the first day of a new 52-year calendar round (xiuhmolpilli). It concludes the New Fire ceremony rituals.
Day Cipactli (Crocodile) is governed by Tonacatecuhtli, Lord of Nurturance, as its provider of tonalli (Shadow Soul) life energy. Cipactli is an auspicious day, signifying advancement and honor. It depicts energy and work, rewards and recognition. A good day for beginnings.
The thirteen day period (trecena) that starts with day 1-Cipactli (Crocodile) is ruled by Tonacatecuhtli, Lord of Nurturance, the primordial god of creation and fertility. Cipactli is god of the land, the great earth monster, floating on the sea of stars. This is the first trecena of the sacred year. The 13 days of this trecena are governed by the primordial urge to create order out of chaos. The three means by which the Old Ones established order are still our most important treasures: speech, agriculture, and the family. The lineage of thought runs from seed to fruit to seed: these are good days to participate in the community; bad days for solitude.